# Kanheri Cave 64 Verandah Inscription

Kelsey Martini and Vincent Tournier

Authors of digital edition: Kelsey Martini, Vincent Tournier

Contributor: Kelsey Martini

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKanheri00037

Repository: Early Western Deccan (tfb-earlywesterndeccan-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSKanheri00037.xml

Language: Middle Indo-Aryan [Script (unspecified)]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ si (ri sa ra) [2+] [1×] [4+][…] ⟨2⟩ [1×] [.]i va sa ga(ha)[patisa]
[2+][…] ⟨3⟩ sa s(ā)makasa dhat(u)ya [3+][…] ⟨4⟩ [1×] nāṇa
Āt(e)vas(i)ṇa(ya) [1×] [1+][…] ⟨5⟩ (dh)iya deyadhama leṇa pāniya(ka)[…]

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ sa s(ā)makasa dhat(u)ya [3+][…] ⬦ sa samakasa dhutu(sa) G.

⟨4⟩ [1×] nāṇa Āt(e)vas(i)ṇa(ya) [1×] [1+][…] ⬦ [5+] ka vasatasa G.

⟨5⟩ sa s(ā)makasa dhat(u)ya [3+][…] ⬦ leṇa deyadhama [4+] pāniya G •
Although we expect pāniyapoḍhi, the curved bottom of the vertical stem
of an akṣara is clearly visible (as are traces of the horizontal stem).
This can be compared with KI00003, l. 2 pani□ka.

## Translation

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## Commentary

Gokhale only reads L. 3-5, presumably because that is all that is
currently preserved. West informs us that 2-3 additional lines have been
peeled away from the top of this inscription.>

## Bibliography

### Primary

[G] Gokhale, Shobhana. 1991. Kanheri inscriptions. Pune: Deccan College
Post Graduate and Research Institute. Page 66, item 18.

### Secondary

Naik, A. V. 1948. “Inscriptions of the Deccan: an epigraphical survey
(Circa 300 B.C.-1300 A.D.)” BDCRI 9 (1/2), pp. 1–160. [URL]. Page 19.